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Jeremiah 34:1-7

1This is the wordהַדָּבָ֛רha.da.VarH1697thatאֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-H834cameהָיָ֥הha.YahH1961toאֶֽל־'el-H413Jeremiahיִרְמְיָ֖הוּyir.me.Ya.huH3414מֵאֵ֣תme.'EtH854from the LORDיְהוָ֑הYah.wehH3068when Nebuchadnezzarוּנְבוּכַדְרֶאצַּ֣רu.ne.vu.khad.re.TzarH5019kingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428of Babylonבָּבֶ֣ל׀ba.VelH894,allוְכָל־ve.kholH3605his armyחֵיל֡וֹchei.LoH2428,allוְכָל־ve.kholH3605the earthlyאֶרֶץ֩'e.RetzH776kingdomsמַמְלְכ֣וֹתmam.le.KhotH4467under his controlמֶמְשֶׁ֨לֶת יָד֜וֹmem.She.let ya.DoH4475 H3027,and allוְכָל־ve.kholH3605the other nationsהָעַמִּ֗יםha.'a.MimH5971were fightingנִלְחָמִ֧יםnil.cha.MimH3898againstעַל־'al-H5921Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַ֛ם וְעַל־ye.ru.sha.Lim ve.'al-H3389 H5921and allכָּל־kol-H3605its surrounding citiesעָרֶ֖יהָ לֵאמֹֽר׃'a.Rei.ha le.MorH5892 H559.

2כֹּֽה־koh-H3541The LORDיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068,the Godאֱלֹהֵ֣י'e.lo.HeiH430of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478,toldאָמַ֤ר'a.MarH559Jeremiahto goהָלֹךְ֙ha.loKhH1980and speakוְאָ֣מַרְתָּ֔ve.'A.mar.taH559toאֶל־'el-H413Zedekiahצִדְקִיָּ֖הוּtzid.ki.Ya.huH6667kingמֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekhH4428of Judahיְהוּדָ֑הye.hu.DahH3063and tellוְאָמַרְתָּ֣ve.'a.mar.TaH559himאֵלָ֗יו'e.LavH413that this is whatכֹּ֚הkohH3541the LORDיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068saysאָמַ֣ר'a.MarH559: “Beholdהִנְנִ֨יhi.NiH2005,I am about to deliverנֹתֵ֜ןno.TenH5414thisהַזֹּאת֙ha.zoTH2063cityהָעִ֤ירha.'IrH5892אֶת־'et-H853into the handבְּיַ֣דbe.YadH3027of the kingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428of Babylonבָּבֶ֔לba.VelH894,and he will burn it downוּשְׂרָפָ֖הּ בָּאֵֽשׁ׃u.se.ra.Fah ba.'EshH8313 H784.

3And you yourselfוְאַתָּ֗הve.'a.TahH859will notלֹ֚אlo'H3808escapeתִמָּלֵט֙ti.ma.LetH4422his graspמִיָּד֔וֹmi.ya.DoH3027,butכִּ֚יkiH3588will surely be capturedH8610and deliveredתִּנָּתֵ֑ןti.na.TenH5414into his handוּבְיָד֖וֹu.ve.ya.DoH3027.You will seeתִּרְאֶ֗ינָהtir.'Ei.nahH7200the kingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428of Babylonבָּבֶ֜לba.VelH894eyeוְֽ֠עֵינֶיךָVe.'ei.nei.khaH5869אֶת־'et-H853to eyeעֵינֵ֨י'ei.NeiH5869and speak with himיְדַבֵּ֖רye.da.BerH1696faceוּפִ֛יהוּu.Fi.huH6310toאֶת־'et-H854faceפִּ֥יךָPi.khaH6310;and you will goתָּבֽוֹא׃ta.Vo'H935to Babylonוּבָבֶ֥לu.va.VelH894.

4Yetאַ֚ךְ'akhH389hearשְׁמַ֣עshe.Ma'H8085the wordדְּבַר־de.var-H1697of the LORDיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068,O Zedekiahצִדְקִיָּ֖הוּtzid.ki.Ya.huH6667kingמֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekhH4428of Judahיְהוּדָ֑הye.hu.DahH3063.This is whatכֹּֽה־koh-H3541the LORDיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068saysאָמַ֤ר'a.MarH559concerning youעָלֶ֔יךָ'a.Lei.khaH5921:You will notלֹ֥אlo'H3808dieתָמ֖וּתta.MutH4191by the swordבֶּחָֽרֶב׃be.Cha.revH2719;

5you will dieתָּמ֗וּתta.MutH4191in peaceבְּשָׁל֣וֹםbe.sha.LomH7965.As spices were burnedוּֽכְמִשְׂרְפ֣וֹתu.khe.mis.re.FotH4955for your fathersאֲ֠בוֹתֶיךָ'A.vo.tei.khaH1,the formerהָרִֽאשֹׁנִ֜יםha.ri.sho.NimH7223kingsהַמְּלָכִ֨יםha.me.la.KhimH4428whoאֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-H834precededהָי֣וּha.YuH1961youלְפָנֶ֗יךָle.fa.Nei.khaH6440,soכֵּ֚ןkenH3651peoplewill burnיִשְׂרְפוּ־yis.re.fu-H8313spices for youand lamentיִסְפְּדוּ־yis.pe.du-H5594, ‘Alasוְה֥וֹיve.HoH1945,O masterאָד֖וֹן'a.DonH113!’Forכִּֽי־ki-H3588I Myselfאֲנִֽי־'a.ni-H589have spokenדִבַּ֖רְתִּיdi.Bar.tiH1696this wordדָבָ֥רda.VarH1697,declaresנְאֻם־ne.'um-H5002the LORDיְהוָֽה׃ סYah.wehH3068.”

6In Jerusalem, thenבִּירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃bi.ru.sha.LimH3389,Jeremiahיִרְמְיָ֣הוּyir.me.Ya.huH3414the prophetהַנָּבִ֔יאha.na.Vi'H5030relayedוַיְדַבֵּר֙vay.da.BerH1696allכָּל־kol-H3605theseהָאֵ֖לֶּהha.'E.lehH428wordsהַדְּבָרִ֥יםha.de.va.RimH1697toאֶל־'el-H413Zedekiahצִדְקִיָּ֖הוּtzid.ki.Ya.huH6667kingמֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekhH4428of Judahיְהוּדָ֑הye.hu.DahH3063אֵ֛ת'etH853

7as the armyוְחֵ֣ילve.CheilH2428of the kingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428of Babylonבָּבֶ֗לba.VelH894was fightingנִלְחָמִים֙nil.cha.MimH3898againstעַל־'al-H5921Jerusalemיְר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם וְעַ֛לye.Ru.sha.Lim ve.'AlH3389 H5921and the remainingכָּל־ הַנּֽוֹתָר֑וֹתkol- ha.no.ta.RotH3605 H3498citiesעָרֵ֥י'a.ReiH5892of Judahיְהוּדָ֖הye.hu.DahH3063—againstאֶל־'el-H413Lachishלָכִישׁ֙ וְאֶל־la.Khish ve.'el-H3923 H413and Azekahעֲזֵקָ֔ה'a.ze.KahH5825.Forכִּ֣יkiH3588these were the onlyהֵ֗נָּהHe.nahH2007fortifiedמִבְצָֽר׃ פmiv.TzarH4013citiesבְּעָרֵ֥יbe.'a.ReiH5892עָרֵ֥י'a.ReiH5892remainingנִשְׁאֲר֛וּnish.'a.RuH7604in Judahיְהוּדָ֖הye.hu.DahH3063.

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